July 2023 archive of Homilies
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 7/31/23
1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 | Ps 119 | Rom 8:28-30 | Mt 13:44-52
Every year on July 31, the Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order (whose relics are encapsulated within the base of our altar). He was born into ... Read More »
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 7/29/23
Wis 12:13, 16-19 | Ps 86 | Rom 8:26-27 | Mt 13:24-43
In the early 1920s, in Kansas City, Missouri, a young man struggled to make ends meet. He felt he had great talent as an artist, especially as a cartoonist. He submitted various drawings to magazines and newspapers, ... Read More »
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr Terry Grachanin on 7/17/23
Is 55:10-11 | Ps 65 | Rom 8:18-23 | Mt 13:1-23
Any farmer would tell us that one of the most challenging parts of their work is preparing the soil so that it can receive the seed. It requires intense labor to clear the land of any trees, shrubs, ... Read More »